Allan Donner

29.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
223 papers, 19.8k citations indexed

About

Allan Donner is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Allan Donner has authored 223 papers receiving a total of 19.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 111 papers in Statistics and Probability, 49 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 27 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Allan Donner's work include Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (74 papers), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (46 papers) and Statistical Methods and Inference (33 papers). Allan Donner is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference (74 papers), Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials (46 papers) and Statistical Methods and Inference (33 papers). Allan Donner collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Allan Donner's co-authors include Michael Eliasziw, Neil Klar, Stephen D. Walter, Guangyong Zou, Mohamed M. Shoukri, Carol Buck, Chris Roberts, Asbjørn Hróbjartsson, Byron Gajewski and Stig Brorson and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Allan Donner

221 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sample size and optimal d... 1981 2026 1996 2011 1998 2010 2014 2011 2006 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Sample size and optimal designs for reliability studies
    1998 1.7k citations Michael Eliasziw, Allan Donner et al. Statistics in Medicine profile →
  2. Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed
    2010 1.4k citations Allan Donner, Mohamed M. Shoukri et al. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology profile →
  3. Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial
    2014 1.2k citations Allan Donner et al. The Lancet profile →
  4. Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed
    2011 674 citations Allan Donner, Mohamed M. Shoukri et al. profile →
  5. Caesarean delivery rates and pregnancy outcomes: the 2005 WHO global survey on maternal and perinatal health in Latin America
    2006 669 citations José Villar, Eliette Valladares et al. The Lancet profile →
  6. Shift work and vascular events: systematic review and meta-analysis
    2012 631 citations Allan Donner et al. profile →
  7. Sample size requirements for reliability studies
    1987 584 citations Allan Donner, Michael Eliasziw Statistics in Medicine profile →
  8. RANDOMIZATION BY CLUSTER
    1981 568 citations Allan Donner et al. profile →
  9. Issues in the meta‐analysis of cluster randomized trials
    2002 536 citations Allan Donner, Neil Klar Statistics in Medicine profile →
  10. Extension of the modified Poisson regression model to prospective studies with correlated binary data
    2011 517 citations Guangyong Zou, Allan Donner profile →
  11. Maternal and neonatal individual risks and benefits associated with caesarean delivery: multicentre prospective study
    2007 491 citations Guillermo Carroli, Nelly Zavaleta et al. BMJ profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Allan Donner 3.5k 3.4k 2.8k 2.7k 2.7k 223 19.8k
Diana Elbourne 3.5k 1.0× 2.9k 0.8× 4.4k 1.5× 732 0.3× 2.5k 0.9× 213 22.1k
Theo Stijnen 3.6k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 5.1k 1.8× 1.5k 0.5× 1.3k 0.5× 369 30.8k
Simon G. Thompson 4.0k 1.2× 2.2k 0.6× 6.9k 2.4× 1.8k 0.7× 2.4k 0.9× 64 42.2k
Richard D Riley 2.6k 0.7× 1.6k 0.5× 4.0k 1.4× 2.4k 0.9× 2.0k 0.7× 343 28.0k
Michael J. Campbell 3.2k 0.9× 2.0k 0.6× 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 0.5× 3.9k 1.4× 399 27.7k
Angela Wood 2.7k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 155 18.4k
Joseph Lau 3.0k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 6.0k 2.1× 749 0.3× 1.8k 0.7× 182 25.5k
Colin B. Begg 4.1k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 6.7k 2.4× 2.3k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 237 40.1k
Paula Williamson 5.2k 1.5× 3.3k 1.0× 4.1k 1.4× 1.3k 0.5× 3.0k 1.1× 500 28.5k
Richard Lilford 3.4k 1.0× 2.4k 0.7× 1.8k 0.6× 660 0.2× 3.8k 1.4× 422 16.5k

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All Works

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Khanna, Reena, Brian Bressler, Barrett G. Levesque, et al.. (2015). Early combined immunosuppression for the management of Crohn's disease (REACT): a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 386(10006). 1825–1834. 302 indexed citations
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McRae, Andrew D., Carol Bennett, Judith Belle Brown, et al.. (2013). Researchers’ perceptions of ethical challenges in cluster randomized trials: a qualitative analysis. Trials. 14(1). 1–1. 56 indexed citations
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Ivers, Noah, Monica Taljaard, Stephanie N. Dixon, et al.. (2011). Impact of CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology: review of random sample of 300 trials, 2000-8. BMJ. 343(sep26 1). d5886–d5886. 126 indexed citations
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Weijer, Charles, Jeremy Grimshaw, Monica Taljaard, et al.. (2011). Ethical issues posed by cluster randomized trials in health research. Trials. 12(1). 100–100. 88 indexed citations
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Shoukri, Mohamed M., et al.. (2010). Estimation of Modified Concordance Ratio in Sib-Pairs: Effect of Consanguinity on the Risk of Congenital Heart Diseases. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 6(1). Article 3–Article 3. 7 indexed citations
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Donner, Allan & Michael Rotondi. (2010). Sample Size Requirements for Interval Estimation of the Kappa Statistic for Interobserver Agreement Studies with a Binary Outcome and Multiple Raters. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 6(1). Article 31–Article 31. 78 indexed citations
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Taljaard, Monica, Allan Donner, José Villar, et al.. (2008). Intracluster correlation coefficients from the 2005 WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health: implications for implementation research. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 22(2). 117–125. 55 indexed citations
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Say, Lale, Allan Donner, A. Metin Gülmezog̈lu, Monica Taljaard, & Gilda Piaggio. (2006). The prevalence of stillbirths: a systematic review. Reproductive Health. 3(1). 1–1. 92 indexed citations
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Shoukri, Mohamed M. & Allan Donner. (2006). Bivariate models for co‐aggregation of dichotomous traits in twins. Statistics in Medicine. 26(2). 336–351. 3 indexed citations
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Taljaard, Monica, Allan Donner, & Neil Klar. (2006). Accounting for expected attrition in the planning of community intervention trials. Statistics in Medicine. 26(13). 2615–2628. 18 indexed citations
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Althabe, Fernando, José M. Belizán, José Villar, et al.. (2004). Mandatory second opinion to reduce rates of unnecessary caesarean sections in Latin America: a cluster randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. 363(9425). 1934–1940. 139 indexed citations
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Zou, Guangyong & Allan Donner. (2004). Confidence Interval Estimation of the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient for Binary Outcome Data. Biometrics. 60(3). 807–811. 94 indexed citations
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Donner, Allan, Mohamed M. Shoukri, Neil Klar, & Emma Bartfay. (2000). Testing the equality of two dependent kappa statistics. Statistics in Medicine. 19(3). 373–387. 75 indexed citations
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Bartfay, Emma, Allan Donner, & Neil Klar. (1999). Testing the equality of twin correlations with multinomial outcomes. Annals of Human Genetics. 63(4). 341–349. 6 indexed citations
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Scantlebury, Velma P., David W. Gjertson, Michael Eliasziw, et al.. (1998). EFFECT OF HLA MISMATCH IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS1. Transplantation. 65(4). 586–588. 25 indexed citations
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Villar, José, Gilda Piaggio, G. Carroli, & Allan Donner. (1997). Factors affecting the comparability of meta-analyses and largest trials results in perinatology. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 50(9). 997–1002. 35 indexed citations
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Klar, Neil & Allan Donner. (1997). The merits of matching in community intervention trials: a cautionary tale. Statistics in Medicine. 16(15). 1753–1764. 82 indexed citations
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Donner, Allan & Neil Klar. (1996). The statistical analysis of kappa statistics in multiple samples. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 49(9). 1053–1058. 80 indexed citations
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Starzl, TE, John J. Fung, John McMichael, et al.. (1995). Randomised trialomania? The multicentre liver transplant trials of tacrolimus. The Lancet. 346(8986). 1346–1350. 57 indexed citations
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Donner, Allan & Walter W. Hauck. (1989). Estimation of a common odds ratio in paired‐cluster randomization designs. Statistics in Medicine. 8(5). 599–607. 18 indexed citations

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